I played around with this fun technique the other day and took one of my panels as my focal point for this week's sketch from Carey.I cut my panel a little too small so I cut another piece and added it on backing with Eggplant. I went ahead and sliced my piece again to make my previous cut look more intentional. I used a tutorial called Copic Ink Background with Adirondak inks and hand sanitizer on glossy paper. I used several layers of color and copper and pearl alcohol inks along with the hand sanitizer that removes some of the color and pushes the color around (that's where the blue color comes from!). I chose Pool Party as an accent color on the diagonal piece and also a similar blue for my ep on the sentiment. I picked up the copper in the bg panel with some copper cord layered over a narrow strip of Eggplant. I took the Wasabi bg color and diecut my fern in that curling the leaves up and only gluing the stem in place. I popped my focal panel over the diagonal. On the inside of the card I used more Pool Party and Wasabi.
Step by Step photos on my blog.
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 GMT Views: 3259
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Tue, Jul 28, 2015 @ 8:06 PM
Pretty cool looking bg, Gail! Love all those distinct colors floating on the glossy cs! Your unintentional cuts actually add to the texture, and your fern on top is really all that is needed~
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Wed, Jul 29, 2015 @ 5:26 AM
What a cool technique you used for your bg!! I love the colors!! Ferns are so graceful and beautiful, and yours looks great laying on your colorful bg. Very nicely done!!